Synchronization with other Time Frames in Tick Replay

[z11]

BTW, I am running ver 8.0 (Build 782).

[ACM]

ziggy
I have uploaded here the file IWM.zip which contains the IWM.epf created using the Tick Downloader (see settings used in the enclosed image).
Download and unzip it and try running it in an Advanced Chart (in the image below you can see it is working at my end using version 8.0 build 782)
Alex

[ACM]

ziggy

While I could not figure out how to capture the Tick DownLoader screen...

You can use the eSignal Snapshot tool (the camera icon which is in the System Tray) to capture an image of the Tick Downloader
Alex

[z11]

Same problem after using your file - Symbol is $PLAYBACK - TICK REPLAY, instead of just $PLAYBACK.


Thanks for the Snapshot reminder

[ACM]

ziggy
After I posted the message regarding the symbol (which I then removed) I realized that it will show $PLAYBACK - TICK REPLAY if the Display Description option is enabled in the Study Properties so that is not a problem per se.
This aside are you getting anything to plot using the file I uploaded?
Alex

[z11]

I notice one thing:

All files I downloaded, including the iwm file I extracted from your zip file, all these files' type is Exchange Certificate File, instead of EPF that I saved them as.

This might be the problem but how it happened is beyond me???
Any thoughts out there please??

Thanks,

ziggy

[z11]

I tried again to download tick ... still no data showing up...

[demarcog]

The Exchange Certificate File is the description for all *.epf files, don't think that is your problem.

I noticed the drive letter in the screenshot where you were downloading looked like a network drive K: you may want to try downloading to you local PC's hard drive letter C:.

This wouldn't explain why you couldn't run the data you uploaded from Alexis's post, unless of course you uploaded the data to the same network drive..

It's a longshot suggeestion but I thought you would know in 10 seconds if this was your problem and worth a try.

Hope you get lucky....

glen

[z11]

Thanks for the suggestion, Glen.

Tried that (downloading to c:\eSignal)...

still no data showing up....

z

[ACM]

ziggy
I don't know if that has anything to do with this issue. On my computer the *.epf file extension is used also for the VPN certificate of the CME's Globex Trader program but this does not appear to affect Tick Replay. The file extension though is not associated with that or any other application.
One thing you may want to try is to reinstall eSignal and see if that resolves the issue.
Alex

[z11]

I finally got around to uninstall and re- install version 8.0 (r2) ... same thing.

By the way after I uninstall from Add/Remove Programs, do I need to wipe out the entire directory? and then reinstall?

Thanks.

[ACM]

ziggy

By the way after I uninstall from Add/Remove Programs, do I need to wipe out the entire directory? and then reinstall?

If you are trying to do a complete uninstall then you may want to read this article in the eSignal KnowledgeBase.

finally got around to uninstall and re- install version 8.0 (r2) ... same thing

At this point I think that the best solution is to contact eSignal's support directly (either by phone or via LiveRep) as they will be in a better position to determine what the problem is.
Alex

[z11]

I un-installed eSignal following the direction from the article in the "link" (see Alexis’ reply) and even renamed old eSignal folder and installed again into a new folder ... still no tick reply. I tried another PC with version 7.9x on it, it had no problem replaying ticks...

...lost...

any harm in rolling back my primary PC's version to 7.9x as far as EFS2 functionalities are concerned?

Thanks.

P.S.
speaking of version 8.0 (build 782), I have now encountered the following phenomenon: in both off market hour testing and in real time, my EFS would go backwards ... and reload the EFS but without resetting global variables. My efs starts trading at 9:30 for stocks and then it will go on to 10:00 sometimes 12:10, and then the EFS reloads - but number of trades so far is not reset but simply got incremented by the number of trades from 9:30 to whenever this is happening ...along with all other "counters" - global variables being incremented...

In backtesting (off hour), it will process bars say, -78 to -69, and then suddenly -78 to -69 get reprocessed - I know this because I put in debugprintln statements to track the bar numbers once I observed this phenomenon.

Anyone out there experiecing this too, ever?? in this version of eSignal.??..what possibly would cause bar processing to retrack backwards?

ziggy

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello ziggy,

Originally posted by z11
I un-installed eSignal following the direction from the article in the "link" (see Alexis’ reply) and even renamed old eSignal folder and installed again into a new folder ... still no tick reply. I tried another PC with version 7.9x on it, it had no problem replaying ticks...

...lost...

If this tick replay conflict you are experiencing was a bug in the application, it would affect all users. The fact that your experiencing this problem on one machine and not the other points to some other conflict that is unique to that machine. This is not something we can resolve for you through this forum. At this point you will need to contact technical support directly to see if there is any advanced trouble shooting that they can do for you.

any harm in rolling back my primary PC's version to 7.9x as far as EFS2 functionalities are concerned?

Thanks.

I wouldn't recommend going below 7.9.1 as there were a lot of EFS2 specific items added in that version. Depending on the code your using you could go below that version and if you run into any code errors you could always upgrade to a higher version.

P.S.
speaking of version 8.0 (build 782), I have now encountered the following phenomenon: in both off market hour testing and in real time, my EFS would go backwards ... and reload the EFS but without resetting global variables. My efs starts trading at 9:30 for stocks and then it will go on to 10:00 sometimes 12:10, and then the EFS reloads - but number of trades so far is not reset but simply got incremented by the number of trades from 9:30 to whenever this is happening ...along with all other "counters" - global variables being incremented...

In backtesting (off hour), it will process bars say, -78 to -69, and then suddenly -78 to -69 get reprocessed - I know this because I put in debugprintln statements to track the bar numbers once I observed this phenomenon.

Anyone out there experiecing this too, ever?? in this version of eSignal.??..what possibly would cause bar processing to retrack backwards?

ziggy

I've personally not heard of such behavior in back testing. Is this happening only on the machine that has the tick replay issue? If it works fine on your other machine, again it's not likely an eSignal or EFS code issue.

Do other back testing formulas demonstrate the same problems? If it is only the one formula you're talking about, then there may be something in the EFS code that is source of the issue. In order to investigate this we would need to see that code. First run it on your other machine and see if the formula works properly there. If it does, then it's not likely to be an EFS code issue.

[z11]

Thanks for the reply Jay.
The problem I described happens in real time as well.

Generally speaking, what in EFS logic would cause such a behavior - I thought it would be impossible for bars already processed to be reprocessed in the passage of time in real time and in backtesting, it would be the same - processing of bar is one directional along time line, no? the only time it gets loaded twice is when at the start barstate is ALLBARS and after that it would just go forward...am I misunderstanding anything here?

Thanks.

ziggy